http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/
Physician is a doctor. You really should correct your teacher about that]]>Dec 11th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/ I'd say this is more of a "concept-build". Pretty cool though even if I wonder what kind of speed they've made the calculations from as this will affect trajectory and distance as well.]]>Dec 15th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/
Where do I sign up? I've got a project of digitally assisted Ass-to-Mouth I wanna simulate with computers and glowy projector lines.]]>Dec 11th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 15th 2008 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/Dec 11th 2008 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/But the top and bottom spins will be a problem i guess.
But these guys have mounted the webcam itself in a near isometric position and neither horizontal or vertical.. so i think it was quite an awesome coding which went into the program.]]>Dec 11th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/
Given time and some extra tech, the accuracy could be improved drastically along with realtime trajectories, you could even factor in spins and stalls if you could measure the cues verticle angle and and the height of the tip from the table.]]>Dec 11th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/digitally-assisted-billiards-makes-everyone-a-pool-shark/
Seriously, if you were going to make a demo video, don't think you'd maybe:
1. get someone shooting who is skilled
2. use the clips where the balls actually go in the direction predicted by the projection
3. invest in a webcam with higher than 640x480 resolution. HD, even... (and why not just mount it in the same location as the projector, facing the same mirror?)

The problem here is that you have a virtual assistant made by non-experts... it's a ton of technology that still can't elevate your play above the most basic level, because the linear path the ball follows is only the most basic component of outcome of the shot. Speed alone (and the rotation it creates or doesn't create) is going to mess this up on any hard shot.

(And, on a side note, that guy they borrowed the mirror from needs it put back on his bedroom ceiling.)
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